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Comment by Edward Moore Geist
Historian of science and nuclear policy
The risks of self-improving intelligent machines are grossly exaggerated and ought not serve as a distraction from the existential risks we already face, [...]AI Verified source (Aug 9, 2015)
6mo ago
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votes Against
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AI Verified
The quote clearly downplays AI as an existential danger, saying the risks of self-improving intelligent machines are "grossly exaggerated" and should not distract from other existential risks. This implies opposition to the statement that AI poses an existential threat to humanity.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote says the "risks of self-improving intelligent machines are grossly exaggerated," which clearly pushes back against the claim that AI is an existential threat.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The exact sentence appears in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article “Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity?” by Edward Moore Geist, published August 9, 2015. The stored quote is a faithful excerpt with an omission marker ([...]), and the stored author, date, and source URL match the article. ([thebulletin.org](https://thebulletin.org/2015/08/is-artificial-intelligence-really-an-existential-threat-to-humanity/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
Disputed
The source URL is a real Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article titled "Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity?" by Edward Moore Geist, published August 9, 2015. However, the article’s sentence does not end where the submitted quote ends: it continues, "..., especially given that the limited AI technology we already have is poised to make threats like those posed by nuclear weapons even more pressing than they currently are." Because the submitted version replaces that continuation with a period and does not mark the omission with [...], it is not verbatim as written. ([thebulletin.org](https://thebulletin.org/2015/08/is-artificial-intelligence-really-an-existential-threat-to-humanity/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
AI Verified
Verified via web search (URL returns 403). The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article 'Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity?' by Edward Moore Geist (Aug 2015) exists at the source_url and contains the exact quoted text. Author attribution is correct (Geist is a historian of science/nuclear policy at Stanford CISAC). Vote 'against' on 'AI poses an existential threat to humanity' is correctly aligned: the quote and article argue AI risks are exaggerated and should not distract from existing existential risks like nuclear weapons. Year 2015 is older than 2025-2026, but the quote is a primary source statement on the topic from this author.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Edward Moore Geist